Methadone treatment is currently considered the gold
standard treatment for heroin addiction. Israeli researcher who studied
methadone’s effectiveness say that not only does the medication keep people
from using heroin, it also keeps them safe from infectious diseases like
Hepatitis C.

The Study

The researchers studied a group of 207 Hep C negative
patients who used a Tel Aviv methadone clinic between 1993 and 2008. Over that
period, 25% of these patients became infected with Hep C – which is dramatically
lower than the estimated 60% to 90% Hep C infection rates seen in active
chronic injection drug users.

The Chair of this year’s ASAM conference, Gavin Bart, M.D., commented
on the significance of the findings, saying, "This is a very important
study because it shows that not only does treatment work for the addiction
itself but is a preventive measure for hepatitis C."

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